James Truby
Portraits and Landscapes in Oil
Winter Park Florida

James Frank Truby was born in l944 in Milwaukee Wisconsin. He comes from a family of painters, most notably his great uncle, the noted Wisconsin painter, Francesco Spicuzza. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received his bachelors and masters degree.  After coming to Winter Park in 1967, he studied oil painting at the McIntosch School. Beginning in l993, Mr. Truby was represented by the Marie Ferrer Gallery of Winter Park. In 1995 he began studying portrait painting privately with Hal McIntosch. Over fifty of his portraits are in private collections across the United States and Europe.  He has painted the portraits of distinguished figures which include a noted Look photographer and a New York Times Best Seller List author. His public commissions include the founder of Winter Park Blueprint and Graphics and a portrait commissioned for the board room of Trinity Preparatory School.  He was recently asked by a representative of the Vatican to submit his portfolio for consideration for a project of painting the portraits of Monsignors.  During the summer months, Mr. Truby paints landscapes in North Truro, Cape Cod.  A collection of his portraits can be seen at the Suz Letzig Gallery in Orlando Florida. 

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